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Acrobat JavaScript

Adobe Acrobat is not just a pdf reader. You can make an automatic script out of it based on JavaScript. This reading first come to mind when I was trying to find a way to copy highlighted text from pdf easily. I found out that I can use Acrobat JavaScript to extract highlighted text from a pdf file [2]!

To get started, you can read [2]. Furthermore, if you want to get source sample that is more applicable or even watch video training, you can check premium section in [3]. For list of Adobe Javascript API reference, you can read [4].